I did the test again after a long day of making music, and even though I always work at fairly low volumes, I'd lost approximately 10-15 db on almost every frequency. 

A pretty good illustration of why we shouldn't finish a mix at the end of the day. :s

I virtually ALWAYS end my day by turning off Sonar in disgust, having concluded that it's impossible to get anything to sound good in the thing. 

And then in the morning, after I've showered and done my stretches, with the birds singing and the sun shining through the windows, I have my cup of tea and slide a cheerful set of headphones over a buoyant head, and it's as if the scales have fallen from my ears.  

Wow

All the engines and jets Ive worked around has killed mine

The results said SELL Everything and get out of mixing while Im ahead  

Even though it a small un professional test, it explains quite a bit for me

I tried it sitting as if I were in my mixing setting.

90hz and under AND 8k and up real bad for me.

Explains alot on my mixing Im struggling with and I gues why the end result is heavier on low and high end and thin in the middle.

Is Noise-Cancelling Headphones better for this then? I would think so, but do not have any unless I buy some.

At best an online test with good cans is going to show the relative frequency loss, without saying much about the actual amount of the deficit. That could still be useful for screening, and alert someone who hasn't a clue like the lady in the following anecdote:

An elderly woman joined the doctor following his examination. 
"Are there any concerns you would like to discuss?" he asked. as was his routine.
"Well yes, doctor," she said, "I seem to have a problem with farting. You know the type silent but deadly."
"Yes madam," he replied, "I do know. And it appears you also have a problem with your hearing as well."


It is not too difficult to find a free audiogram using calibrated equipment in a sound attenuated booth in most cities in the US. Typically they are offered by people who are trying to flog hearing aids, but in many cases they are nonethelss accurate. Even hearing aid fitters have the occasional bout of ethics.

This was Gregs photobucket pic...On the right hand side of the page there are a number of tags one can link with...I tried the IMG one... you just click on that one and it should copy..then place it on your post and there you go...

Mine is pretty bad.
How do you copy the graph to post it here?
 
My baseline at 1khz is -57
 
30hz= -6
 
45hz= 27
 
60hz= -33
 
90hz=-42
 
125hz= -48
 
187hz= -51
 
250. 375, 500, and 750hz = -54
 
1 and 1.5khz = -57
 
2khz= -60
 
3khz= -57
 
4khz= -54
 
6khz= -39
 
8khz=-30
 
12khz= -9
 
16khz= I cannot hear it at all.
Note my tinnitus is strongest around 6khz ad is loud today...
 
I would post a pic of the graph if I knew how. I tried the test three times with similar results mostly because of starting with a diffeerent baseline... this one was with the lowest baseline and could have been a little higher, but was enough to hear. I used AKG K-240s.
 
Am I deaf or am I going deaf? It does seem like I say the word, "huh" and awful lot lately...
 
J
 
 
 
 
 
 

I don't know how loud my can's were supposed to be, but mine were VERY low. The problems I see with this test are:

1. Once you know what tone to listen for, you sort of know what's coming next.

2. If your cans are loud, you almost can't fail. Not sure what dB we should be listening at.

3. Once I was familiar with the sound of a tone, I could hear it at a lower level. So the second time I took the test, the numbers were better. But here is my first test with what I'd consider very low cans.



-Danny

Julian = you have to copy the graph by using a picture program like paint, save it then upload it to a server like photobucket.  then put the url of the picture location into the picture icon of the forum.